BRAND REPORT FOR THE 6 MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE 2017 No attempt has been made to rank the information contained in this report in order of importance, since BPA Worldwide believes this is a judgment which must be made by the user of the report. Society of Petroleum Engineers 222 Palisades Creek Drive Richardson, TX 75080 Tel. No.: (972) 952-9393 Fax No.: (972) 952-9435 www.spe.org THE JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY, the Society s flagship magazine, presents authoritative briefs and features on E&P technology advancements, oil and gas industry issues, and news about SPE and its members. FIELD SERVED JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY is the official publication for the Society of Petroleum Engineers and serves the worldwide, upstream oil and gas industry including: Integrated (Major), National and Independent Operators; Consultants; Government Agencies; Service/Manufacturing; Academia (does not include students) and other industries allied to the field. DEFINITION OF RECIPIENT QUALIFICATION recipients include individuals with the following job classifications: Executive, Manager, Engineer, Geologist or Geophysicist, Superintendent or Foreman, Educator (does not include students), Consultant plus other titled and non-titled oil and gas professionals, as well as non-members who have purchased a paid subscription. CHANNELS JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY 6 Issues in the period 62,553 average circulation EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Below are the Average contacts per occurrence, including frequency per period reported THE CRITERION SOCIAL MEDIA JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY (6 issues in the period) Non-Paid Paid Average 5,952 56,601 62,553
MAGAZINE CHANNEL Official Publication of: Society of Petroleum Engineers Established 1949 / Issues Per Year: 12 AVERAGE NON-QUALIFIED CIRCULATION NON-QUALIFIED Not Included Elsewhere Copies Other Paid Circulation - Advertiser and Agency 62 Allocated for Trade Shows and Conventions 393 All Other 481 TOTAL 936 1. AVERAGE QUALIFIED CIRCULATION BREAKOUT FOR PERIOD Non-Paid Paid QUALIFIED CIRCULATION Copies Percent Copies Percent Copies Percent Individual 14 - - - 14 - Sponsored Individually Addressed - - - - - - *Membership Benefit 61,302 98.0 5,444 8.7 55,858 89.3 Multi Copy Same Addressee 1,237 2.0 508 0.8 729 1.2 Single Copy Sales - - - - - - TOTAL QUALIFIED CIRCULATION 62,553 100.0 5,952 9.5 56,601 90.5 *See Additional Data 2. QUALIFIED CIRCULATION BY ISSUES FOR PERIOD 2017 Issue Non-Paid Paid January 9,330 73,865 83,195 February 4,636 43,915 48,551 March 5,085 50,632 55,717 April 5,403 54,987 60,390 May 5,537 57,273 62,810 June 5,718 58,932 64,650 3a. BUSINESS/OCCUPATION BREAKOUT OF QUALIFIED CIRCULATION FOR ISSUE OF MAY 2017 This issue is 0.5% or 309 copies above the average of the other 5 issues reported in Paragraph 2. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (See Note 1) TOTAL QUALIFED PERCENT OF TOTAL Non-Paid Paid SPE Member companies/individuals who are involved in the worldwide upstream oil/gas industry including: Integrated (Major), National and Independent Operators; Consultants; Government Agencies; Service/Manufacturing; Academia and other industries allied to the field, plus non-member companies/individuals who have purchased a paid subscription. 62,810 100.0 5,537 57,273 TOTAL QUALIFIED CIRCULATION 62,810 100.0 5,537 57,273 Note 1: recipients include individuals with the following job classifications: Executive, Manager, Engineer, Geologist or Geophysicist, Superintendent or Foreman, Educator (does not include students), Consultant plus other titled and non-titled oil and gas professionals, as well as non-members who have purchased a paid subscription. JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY / June 2017 2
3b. QUALIFICATION SOURCE BREAKOUT OF QUALIFIED CIRCULATION FOR ISSUE OF MAY 2017 Within QUALIFICATION SOURCE 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Non-Paid Paid Percent I. Direct Request: 32 3-9 26 35 0.1 II. Request from recipient s company: - - - - - - - III. Membership Benefit: 58,023 3,362 1,390 5,528 57,247 62,775 99.9 IV. Communication from recipient or recipient s company (other than request): - - - - - - - V. TOTAL Sources other than above (listed alphabetically): - - - - - - - Association rosters and directories - - - - - - - Business directories - - - - - - - Manufacturer s, distributor s, and wholesaler s lists - - - - - - - Other sources - - - - - - - VI. Single Copy Sales: - - - - - - - TOTAL QUALIFIED CIRCULATION 58,055 3,365 1,390 5,537 57,273 62,810 100.0 PERCENT 92.4 5.4 2.2 8.8 91.2 100.0 AVERAGE ANNUAL AUDITED QUALIFIED CIRCULATION AND CURRENT UNAUDITED CIRCULATION STATEMENTS Audited Data Audited Data Audited Data Audited Data Audited Data Circulation Claim 6-Month Period Ended: July December 2014 January June 2015 July December 2015 January June 2016 July December 2016 January June 2017* Audit Average : 79,428 75,967 84,659 74,803 74,635 62,553 Non-Paid: 5,672 4,862 7,537 7,563 8,262 5,952 Paid: 73,756 71,105 77,122 67,240 66,373 56,601 Post Expire Copies included in Circulation: **NC **NC **NC **NC **NC **NC Average Annual Order Price: $4.50 $4.50 $4.50 $4.50 $4.50 $4.50 *NOTE: January June 2017 data is unaudited. With each successive period, new data will be added until six 6-month periods are displayed. **NC = None Claimed. JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY / June 2017 3
GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKOUT OF QUALIFIED CIRCULATION FOR ISSUE OF MAY 2017 State Non-Paid Paid Percent Maine 3 10 13 New Hampshire - 13 13 Vermont - 3 3 Massachusetts 8 116 124 Rhode Island - - - Connecticut 3 15 18 NEW ENGLAND 14 157 171 0.3 New York 9 111 120 New Jersey 3 55 58 Pennsylvania 65 437 502 MIDDLE ATLANTIC 77 603 680 1.1 Ohio 24 178 202 Indiana 7 40 47 Illinois 9 108 117 Michigan 10 83 93 Wisconsin 1 14 15 EAST NO. CENTRAL 51 423 474 0.7 Minnesota 5 24 29 Iowa 1 3 4 Missouri 10 41 51 North Dakota 13 104 117 South Dakota 3 12 15 Nebraska 1 8 9 Kansas 20 89 109 WEST NO. CENTRAL 53 281 334 0.5 Delaware 2 9 11 Maryland 8 29 37 Washington, DC - 17 17 Virginia 8 88 96 West Virginia 12 136 148 North Carolina 10 32 42 South Carolina 4 26 30 Georgia 10 50 60 Florida 23 112 135 SOUTH ATLANTIC 77 499 576 0.9 State Non-Paid Paid Percent Kentucky 5 41 46 Tennessee 8 46 54 Alabama 2 57 59 Mississippi 9 67 76 EAST SO. CENTRAL 24 211 235 0.4 Arkansas 3 42 45 Louisiana 99 879 978 Oklahoma 171 1,777 1,948 Texas 1,292 14,486 15,778 WEST SO. CENTRAL 1,565 17,184 18,749 29.9 Montana 14 100 114 Idaho 2 17 19 Wyoming 14 232 246 Colorado 147 1,579 1,726 New Mexico 18 163 181 Arizona 8 28 36 Utah 13 96 109 Nevada 7 23 30 MOUNTAIN 223 2,238 2,461 3.9 Alaska 12 274 286 Washington 16 61 77 Oregon 4 20 24 California 128 1,068 1,196 Hawaii 1 3 4 PACIFIC 161 1,426 1,587 2.5 UNITED STATES 2,245 23,022 25,267 40.2 U.S. Territories 1 2 3 Canada 541 3,337 3,878 Mexico 77 262 339 Other International 2,673 30,648 33,321 APO/FPO - 2 2 TOTAL QUALIFIED CIRCULATION 5,537 57,273 62,810 100.0 GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKOUT OF QUALIFIED CIRCULATION New England 171 Middle Atlantic 680 East No. Central 474 West No. Central 334 South Atlantic 576 East So. Central 235 West So. Central 18,749 Mountain 2,461 Pacific 1,58 7 US Territories SOCIAL M Canada Mexico Other International 3 339 3,878 33,321 APO/FPO 2 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY / June 2017 4
GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKOUT OF QUALIFIED CIRCULATION FOR ISSUE OF MAY 2017 Region/Country Non-Paid Paid Percent ASIA Afghanistan 1-1 Azerbaijan 24 48 72 Bangladesh 13 10 23 Brunei Darussalam 4 62 66 China 41 1,142 1,183 Georgia - 3 3 Hong Kong - SAR 4 19 23 India 157 1,466 1,623 Indonesia 64 518 582 Japan 11 229 240 Kazakhstan 27 150 177 Korea, Republic Of 8 38 46 Malaysia 125 964 1,089 Mongolia - 1 1 Myanmar 7 48 55 Pakistan 88 273 361 Philippines 15 26 41 Singapore 5 182 187 Sri Lanka 1 1 2 Taiwan - 6 6 Thailand 31 261 292 Turkmenistan 1 3 4 Uzbekistan 2 5 7 Vietnam 12 175 187 Subtotal 641 5,630 6,271 10.0 MIDDLE EAST Bahrain 6 72 78 Iran 36 44 80 Iraq 22 46 68 Israel 5 17 22 Jordan - 7 7 Kuwait 6 841 847 Lebanon 2 9 11 Oman 14 260 274 Qatar 9 257 266 Saudi Arabia 44 6,373 6,417 United Arab Emirates 40 865 905 Yemen 1 6 7 Subtotal 185 8,797 8,982 14.3 EUROPE Albania 1-1 Austria 16 156 172 Belarus 1-1 Belgium 4 24 28 Bulgaria - 1 1 Croatia 8 43 51 Cyprus 7 32 39 Czech Republic 1 12 13 Denmark 18 314 332 Finland - 5 5 France 41 499 540 Germany 37 371 408 Greece 15 41 56 Hungary 11 71 82 Iceland - 4 4 Ireland 14 42 56 Italy 32 313 345 Latvia - 1 1 Lithuania - 3 3 Luxembourg - 6 6 Malta - 3 3 Moldova 1 1 2 Monaco - 2 2 Netherlands 58 707 765 Norway 68 1,314 1,382 Poland 3 52 55 Portugal 6 103 109 Romania 14 100 114 Russian Federation 77 374 451 Serbia 2 36 38 Slovakia 1 7 8 Slovenia - 1 1 Spain 13 109 122 Sweden 1 13 14 Switzerland 5 64 69 Turkey 16 59 75 Ukraine 1 17 18 United Kingdom 293 2,702 2,995 unspecified Europe - 2 2 Subtotal 765 7,604 8,369 13.3 Region/Country Non-Paid Paid Percent AFRICA Algeria 10 20 30 Angola 2 89 91 Benin - 1 1 Cameroon 9 10 19 Chad - 1 1 Congo 6 15 21 Cote D'Ivoire - 4 4 Egypt 34 299 333 Equatorial Guinea - 1 1 Gabon - 12 12 Gambia - 1 1 Ghana 34 61 95 Kenya 5 16 21 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 4 25 29 Madagascar - 2 2 Mauritius - 1 1 Morocco - 1 1 Mozambique 2 13 15 Namibia - 4 4 Niger - 1 1 Nigeria 390 1,228 1,618 Rwanda 1-1 Senegal - 1 1 Sierra Leone 1 1 2 South Africa 6 41 47 Sudan 8 19 27 Tanzania 19 29 48 Tunisia 4 16 20 Uganda 11 75 86 Zambia - 1 1 Zimbabwe - 1 1 unspecified Africa 2-2 Subtotal 548 1,989 2,537 4.0 NORTH AMERICA Canada 541 3,337 3,878 Mexico 77 262 339 United States 2,246 23,026 25,272 Subtotal 2,864 26,625 29,489 47.0 CARIBBEAN Aruba - 1 1 Barbados - 1 1 Cayman Islands - 1 1 Trinidad and Tobago 30 254 284 Virgin Islands, U.S. - 1 1 Subtotal 30 258 288 0.5 CENTRAL AMERICA Belize - 2 2 El Salvador - 1 1 Guatemala - 2 2 Panama - 3 3 Subtotal - 8 8 - SOUTH AMERICA Argentina 36 386 422 Bolivia 16 62 78 Brazil 131 485 616 Chile 1 6 7 Colombia 53 238 291 Ecuador 22 297 319 Peru 13 179 192 Suriname 2 72 74 Uruguay - 3 3 Venezuela 30 2,997 3,027 Subtotal 304 4,725 5,029 8.0 ASIA PACIFIC Australia 190 1,511 1,701 New Zealand 10 99 109 Papua New Guinea - 27 27 Subtotal 200 1,637 1,837 2.9 TOTAL QUALIFIED CIRCULATION 5,537 57,273 62,810 100.0 JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY / June 2017 5
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